LCRA drops call for injunction against customers

The Lower Colorado River Authority has stopped pursuing a temporary injunction against seven electric wholesale customers that ended their power contracts this month, city of Georgetown officials said.

Georgetown officials and the LCRA were set to have an expedited hearing Aug. 28 to resolve issues surrounding long-standing power supply agreements, which Georgetown terminated in August.

The LCRA’s decision to stop seeking a temporary injunction doesn’t change its legal position that the contracts involved have been breached wrongfully and should be en-forced, General Manager Becky Motal said.

The “LCRA has said from the beginning that we have not breached our customer contracts and that we are fully prepared to continue honoring them until 2016,” Motal said. “What we have been after in this legal dispute is our day in court. … Our commitment is to a permanent solution, not a temporary one.”

The seven utilities include the city of Boerne, city of Seguin, city of Georgetown, Kerrville Public Utility Board, Central Texas Electric Cooperative, Fayette Electric Cooperative and San Bernard Electric Cooperative.